Yellowstone Oil Spill

Montana Investigating Oil Spill Sites

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.17.2012

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials said Wednesday they are investigating several sites with suspected oil left over from an Exxon Mobil pipeli...

Planning For Yellowstone River Oil Spills

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 04.06.2012

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. is working with government agencies on a plan to speed up the response to oil spills along Montana's upper ...

'Green News Report' - January 24, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.25.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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FUZZY MATH: Exxon Says Yellowstone Spill Involved More Oil

AP | Posted 01.19.2012

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Exxon Mobil says 1,509 barrels of oil spilled into the Yellowstone River during a pipeline break in Montana last summer – an ...

Yellowstone Oil Spill Debris Torched By Officials

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 01.08.2012

LAUREL, Mont. — State workers on Tuesday set fire to an oil-tainted logjam on an island along the Yellowstone River, the last of dozens of debri...

Lawsuit Filed Over Yellowstone River Oil Spill

AP | Posted 12.05.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Several landowners whose property was damaged when an ExxonMobil Corp. pipeline spilled oil into the Yellowstone River have fi...

Exxon Mobil To Restart Montana Pipeline

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 11.23.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — A failed Exxon Mobil pipeline that spilled an estimated 42,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River was expected to resta...

Exxon Mobil Estimates Yellowstone Spill Will Cost $42 Million

AP | Posted 10.22.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. has told federal regulators that its oil pipeline spill into Montana's Yellowstone River will cost ab...

ExxonMobil Cleans Up 4 Sites Affected By Yellowstone Oil Spill

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 09.21.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Exxon Mobil Corp. will have to bring in more people to mop up oil from a broken pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River as rece...

Yellowstone Oil Spill Reveals Gaps In Oversight: 'We're Asking For Another Catastrophe'

AP | MATTHEW BROWN and GARANCE BURKE | Posted 09.20.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Three weeks after a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline spilled 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River, federal officials rem...

Exxon's Failed Pipeline May Have Carried Oil Sands Crude

Posted 09.14.2011

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters/Laura Zuckerman) - An Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured, leaking oil into Yellowstone River, may have sometimes carried a ...

Exxon To Drain Oil From Failed Yellowstone Pipeline

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 09.13.2011

LAUREL, Mont. — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to use vacuum trucks to suck any remaining oil from a failed pipeline near Laurel...

Problems in the Pipeline

Erich Pica | Posted 09.12.2011

Erich Pica

The oil industry is pushing the Obama administration to approve a permit for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline. Exploiting the full potential of Canada's tar sands, according to one scientist, could trigger the uncontrollable over-heating of our planet

Montana Questions Exxon's Estimate Of Yellowstone Oil Spill

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 09.11.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — State environmental regulators have asked Exxon Mobil to justify its estimate for how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone Ri...

Preparing For More Trouble In Yellowstone National Park

Posted 09.06.2011

Yellowstone National Park is under close watch as the park's river and lake rise toward record-breaking levels. According to The Billings Gazette, the...

Exxon's Failed Montana Pipeline Raises Health Concerns: 'Why The Slow Response?'

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 09.06.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Indoor air, cropland soils and residential wells downstream of a Yellowstone River oil spill will be tested for contamination ...

Exxon Says Montana Pipeline Repairs Will Take Weeks

Reuters | Posted 09.05.2011

* Restoration not expected for at least two weeks * Company says spill volume likely 750 barrels HOUSTON, July 6 (Reuters/Kristen Hays) - Ex...

Exxon Took Longer To Stop Yellowstone Oil Spill Than Publicly Disclosed

AP | MATTHEW BROWN and GARANCE BURKE | Posted 09.05.2011

BILLINGS, Mont. — Exxon Mobil Co. had reassured federal regulators and officials from a Montana town since December that an oil pipeline beneath...

Exxon Pipeline Leaks Oil Into Yellowstone River (VIDEO)

Posted 09.04.2011

Emergency clean-up crews are working hard after an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured over the weekend, spilling more than 1,000 barrels into Montana's Yell...

Rising River Complicates Yellowstone Oil Spill Cleanup

AP/The Huffington Post | By MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 09.04.2011

LAUREL, Mont. (AP) -- The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested Tuesday as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mob...

Yellowstone Oil Spill Prompts Evacuations

Posted 09.01.2011

Matthew Brown, Associated Press LAUREL, Mont. — Hundreds of barrels of crude oil spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River after an ExxonMobil pip...